Katie Jones and Deus ex machina

The story of Katie Jones has been circulating slowly on disability listservs and blogs since the December 9 article in the Chicago Tribune ....

On Ruben Navarro

If you read just one thing this week about disability in America, read this . I briefly mentioned Navarro's case here but the above lin...

Olmstead Anniversary and the "right to die"

Today, June 22, 2007, is the eighth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. LC and EW . LC and EW are Lois Curtis and Elain...

Setting the record straight about Jack

The following via email from Steven Drake of Not Dead Yet : In 1993, Jack Kevorkian told Time Magazine , “If they will allow themselves to b...

Finding the language, making the connection

I've written in the past about being a disabled person before disability studies provided a real forum for discussing social issues abo...

Kevorkian paroled

After serving eight years of a 10-to-20-year sentence for second-degree murder, Jack Kevorkian is expected to be free on June 1, 2007. Alth...